as in bead
the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass there were only a few droplets left in the canteen

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Recent Examples on the Web This could be through coughs, sneezes or barks that release airborne droplets and infect items like food or a water bowl, the American Kennel Club reports. Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024 Respiratory viruses typically enter our body within droplets that are exhaled by infected people, and inhaled through our nose. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2024 For example, sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere creates tiny droplets that reflect incoming sunlight back to space, an approach called solar radiation management (SRM). Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024 The laser blasts the water into tiny droplets and propels them into an apparatus that simulates the bucket-detector process of SUDA to generate spectra. science.org, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for droplet 

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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droplet. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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